Pyrophoric lighter with auxiliary divided chamber



March 3, 1953 s. s. LIPIC 2,629,955

PYROPHORIC LIGHTER WITH AUXILIARY nIvI'pzv CHAMBER Filed Feb. 21, 1950Am I E -si n O INVENTOR SYLVESTER c. LIPIC ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 3,1953 PYROPHORIC LIGHTER WITH AUXILIARY DIVZDED CHAMBER Sylvester George.Lipic, Sappington, Mo. Application February 21, 1950, Serial No. 145,526

This invention relates to an improvement in a pyrophoric lighter whichhas a service fuel chamher, a wick extending into said chamber and atransparent auxiliary closure with a. port thereof coimnunicating withthe service chamber.

The improvement forms an eye-catching device and may form an attractiveadvertising medium. In accordance with the present invention, apartition wall extends from side wall to side wall or" the auxiliaryclosure and from a top wall of said closure to the bottom wall thereof,thereby dividing the auxiliary closure into an auxiliary fuel chamberand a display chamber. The auxiliary fuel chamber communicates with theservice fuel chamber by a port in thewall dividing them. The displaychamber may be used to display any object or objects, single or plural,which can be placed therein.

An effective display comprises an object placed within the displaychamber and surrounded by transparent liquid. Such an object may beheavier or lighter than the liquid so that it will float or sink thereinas desired.

An especially efiective and novel embodiment includes a tube extendingfrom top to bottom in the display chamber with liquid in the chamber andsaid tube, a solid body unsupported within the tube and a solid body,such as an annulus, sliolably positioned about the tube. One of thesolid bodies may have a specific gravity less than the liquid and theother having aspecific gravity greater than the liquid, whereby when thelighter is upended the solid bodies will pass each other, one throughthe other.

An understanding of the invention may be obtained from the followingdetailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,which illustrate an embodiment of the invention and a modificationthereof.

Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing a. lighter embodying theinvention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view showing a lighter embodying a modificationof the invention; and

Fig. 3 is a. vertical section through the lighter as illustrated in Fig.2.

The pyrophoric lighter illustrated in the accompanying drawing has aservice fuel chamber I, into which extends a wick 2, and a closure 3below the fuel chamber 1 having transparent side walls.

The present invention comprises an improvement upon a lighterspecifically illustrated in an application of Sylvester G. Lipic, FarnamF. Boyle and Luther S. Lyon, Ser. No. 121,016, filed October 12, 1949.That application may be 2 Claims. (ci. 41-10) 2 referred to for a moredetailed description or the construction and mechanism of the lighter.

The present invention relates to an improvement or modification of thetransparent closure below the fuel chamber i. A partition wall t extendsfrom side wall to side wall of the closure 3 and from a topwall 5, whichalso forms a bottom wall of the service fuel chamber 1, to a bottom wall'5 of the auxiliary fuel chamber. I'hereby the auxiliary closure isdivided into an auxiliary fuel chamber 1 and a display chamber 3.

The chamber 8 may be used to display any object or objects, single orplural, which may be placed therein. For example, it may be used todisplay granular material, such as grain or wheat as specifically shownin Fig. 1. It may be used for displaying a liquid, or a specimen, or aminiature of a. device too large to be placed within the displaychamber.

A spark wheel assembly I!) is threaded in a bore H through a body whichforms a part of the service fuel chamber 5, and which opens into theauxiliary fuel chamber l. Thus, there is provided means for filling theauxiliary fuel cham her. This chamber 77 communicates with the servicefuel chamber I through a. port l2 which is opened and closed by a valvel3, having a stem 4. extending through the top wall of the servicechamber The object placed within the display chamber may be unsupportedor it may be attached to any of the walls of that chamber. It may beplaced. in the chamber alone, or placed in the chamber and surrounded bya liquid which in some cases may give an eye-catching effect.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate a particularly novel and eye-catchingembodiment. A tube 2% extends from top to bottom of the chamber 8, thatis, from the top wall 5 to the bottom Wall 6. A solid, such as a shot2|, is placed within the tube and a solid '22 is placed about the tube.The solid 22 is in sliding engagement to the tube and is preferable inthe form of an annulus. It may have any advertising copy or trade-markindicated by the symbol A thereon and movable through the transparentwalls of the display chamber 8. A liquid is placed in the chamber 8 andwithin the tube 20. This liquid may be the same or may be different ifdifferent specific gravities are desired. The shot 2| may be of aspecific gravity greater than the liquid and the annulus 22 may be of aspecific gravity less than the liquid. Thus, if the lighter is upended,the solids 2! and 22 will tend to change their position and pass eachother with the shot passing inside the annulus. It may be understood, ofcourse, that advertising matter may be placed upon any convenientsurface of the lighter.

The drawings and description do not attempt to exhaust the possibilitiesof applications of the invention. On the other hand, it may beemphasized that those illustrated and described are merely illustrativeand emphasize the wide application to which the invention may be put,this making it particularly adapted for advertising and eye-catchingpurposes.

It may be understood that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction, within the scope of the appended claims, without departingfrom the spirit of this invention, that parts of the invention may beused without the whole and improvements may be added while retaining thebenefits of this invention.

I claim:

1. In a pyrophoric lighter having a service fuel chamber, a wickextending into said chamber, and an auxiliary closure below the fuelchamber having transparent side walls and a bottom wall, and with thewall of said service chamber forming the top wall of the auxiliaryclosure, the im-- provement comprising a partition wall extending fromside wall to side wall of the auxiliary closure and from said top wallto said bottom wall, thereby dividing said auxiliary closure into anauxiliary fuel chamber and a display chamber,

liquid within said display chamber, a solid object within the chamberhaving a specific gravity greater than the liquid, and a solid objectwithin the chamber having a specific gravity less than the liquid,whereby the objects will pass each other in the liquid when the lighteris upended.

4 2. In a pyrophoric lighter having a service fuel chamber, a wickextending into said chamber, and an auxiliary closure below the fuelchamber having transparent side walls and a bottom wall, and with thewall of said service chamber forming the 'top wall 01' the auxiliaryclosure, the improvement comprising a partition wall extending from sidewall to side wall of the auxiliary closure and from said top wall tosaid bottom wall. thereby dividing said auxiliary closure into anauxiliary fue1 chamber and a display chamber, a tube extending from topto bottom in said display chamber, liquid within said chamber and saidtube, a solid body unsupported within the tube, and a solid bodyslidably positioned about the tube, one of said solid bodies having aspecific gravity less than the liquid, the other having a specificgravity greater than the liquid, whereby when the lighter is upended thesolid bodies will pass each other, one through the other.

SYLVESTER GEORGE LIPIC.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 154,945 Miller Aug. 23, 19492,237,883 Lipic Apr. 8, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 100,850Austria Aug. 25, 1925 933,480 France Jan. 1, 1948

